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New Firmware Update RAX200 V1.0.2.88_1.0.50
Get the firmware update for the RAX200 here: https://kb.netgear.com/000061900/RAX200-Firmware-Version-1-0-2-88
Installed the update last night! Early observations:
1) With Smart Connect, my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra phone now spends a lot more time on the 5 GHz band than the 2.4 band, which it seemed to spend most of its time on prior to the update. This is great news, because I really like Smart Connect. My wife's iPhone 11 stayed on the 5 GHz band even before the update.
2) Many more icons available for the plethora of devices listed in the Device Manager.
3) Once change I noticed and am not sure if it's intentional or not, the Device Manager in the Nighthawk app is no longer real time. What I mean is that when a device is powered down, it still shows up in the Device Manager, even after a refresh. Don't know when the Device Manager truly refreshes with active devices, as opposed to devices that were on at some point during the day. I'd rather have it be real time, especially with a refresh, so I assume this is a bug. I like knowing what's actually connected at any given time.
4) Some wireless devices are showing up as wired, albeit temporarily. My Samsung smartwatch showed up as a wired device whien it was not connected to the network, and once I connnected it, it got moved the the Wireless section of the Device Manager.
Hello,
When you install new firmware V1.0.2.88_1.0.50 did you do a factory reset? If not, What changes did you make? if any.....Also do have ipv6 enabled? Thanks
Factory reset...I did not do that, but it's a great idea. I will do that next and report back . I did enable IPv6 after the update. It says available on LAN but not on WAN.
- Thanks for the info, I kept trying to enable ipv6 with no luck. Auto config/detect did not work...... As you mentioned, ipv6 did come up for LAN but not WAN so I trashed the update and went back to previous firmware.
I can confirm rolling back to the previous firmware also resolved the broken IPv6 issue.
Doing a hard reset after a firmware update is standard procedure for any router/network device. Drilling down to the basic programming level (assembly language) it is strictly binary code-nothing more than a series of 0's and 1's. All it takes is just one 1 or 0 out of place and the device does not operate as intended. One less trouble shooting step to consider if it is done from the out set.
- That’s exactly how I go about updating firmware.
